Testimonials

Watching big Hollywood productions as a child back in Germany, the Panavision logo at the end of film credits was the label of greatness to me. I knew I had just seen something amazing. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine myself next to one of their cameras. Working with Panavision is always a collaboration with friends. You know you are taken care of and well supported. Wherever you take their equipment, you take that comfort with you.

Cinematography is such a marriage of form and content, science and art that it needs a place for a cinematographer to experiment and to find their voice for a particular film. The staff, the instruments, and the fraternity that exists at Panavision all over the world provide a place for me to discover the best instruments for creating those unique visuals for each project.

On Little Birds, we wanted a look that combined a John Ford western with the color and grain of a William Eggleston photograph. Shooting 2 perf on a Panavision Gold II and Platinum gave us that widescreen frame to showcase the desolate landscape of the Salton Sea. At times, our composition would be evocative of a western — playing characters on each side of the frame. In post, we selectively saturated colors in the frame so that they would seem to pop out, inspired by Eggleston’s photography.

Panavision is not just a company I rent from, it's a group of collaborators that are a part of my team. They've been with me from the beginning of my career, and they have always been committed to helping me achieve my creative vision for each project. Whether I'm shooting in Tokyo, Haiti or Iceland, Panavision has been supportive all over the globe."

From the outset it was clear that Edge of Tomorrow would be best suited for 35MM film, so I turned to Panavision for their cameras and anamorphic lenses. We wanted a big canvas for this story and shooting anamorphic was going to give that to us.

If you love anamorphic, there is truly only one place to go. Panavision's lens department pretty much rebuilt our lenses for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay to where we were happy with them. Their commitment is impressive. Particularly now that we are entering the digital era, glass has become even more important to create a unique visual style.